About 60% of babies born with a certain ailment recover fully. A hospital is caring for five babies born with this ailment. The random variable represents the number of babies that recover fully. Decide whether the experiment is a binomial experiment. If it is, identify a success, specify the values of n, p, and q, and list the possible values of the random variable x.

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About 60% of babies born with a certain ailment recover fully. A hospital is caring for five babies born with this ailment. The random variable represents the number of
babies that recover fully. Decide whether the experiment is a binomial experiment. If it is, identify a success, specify the values of n, p, and q, and list the possible
values of the random variable x.
Is the experiment a binomial experiment?
Y Yes
No
What is a success in this experiment?
Baby doesn't recover
This is not a binomial experiment.
Baby recovers
Specify the value of n. Select the correct choice below and fill in any answer boxes in your choice.
O A.
n=
O B. This is not a binomial experiment.
Transcribed Image Text:About 60% of babies born with a certain ailment recover fully. A hospital is caring for five babies born with this ailment. The random variable represents the number of babies that recover fully. Decide whether the experiment is a binomial experiment. If it is, identify a success, specify the values of n, p, and q, and list the possible values of the random variable x. Is the experiment a binomial experiment? Y Yes No What is a success in this experiment? Baby doesn't recover This is not a binomial experiment. Baby recovers Specify the value of n. Select the correct choice below and fill in any answer boxes in your choice. O A. n= O B. This is not a binomial experiment.
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Binomial experiment

Binomial experiment describes the possible number of events occurs in fixed number of trials.

Properties of Binomial experiment :

  • Each trial can have only two outcomes which can be considered success or failure.
  • There must be fixed number of trials.
  • Outcomes of each trails must be independent of each other.
  • The probability of success must be same in each trail
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